Reef health project hits final stages in Whitsundays
“The reef is under pressure, like a lot of ecosystems in the world,” Mr Cook said. An interim report from Reef Check, released in April last year, indicated coral bleaching had a significant impact inshore and offshore across February and March 2020, with 32 per cent of coral populations being bleached in four sites surveyed. The data also showed Hardy Reef had higher live coral cover than inshore reefs. Mr Cook said across 2020 there was substantial bleaching, more than a normal year, but bleaching was no longer a surprise and was slowly becoming more prominent. “With climate chang...
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